Trans rights in Uruguay October 2018

October 27, 2018

As of October 2018 the law in Uruguay has expanded the rights of transgender people in the country. Gender affirming surgery and hormone therapy has been defined as a right which means that it will be paid for by the state. The new law also mandates that 1% of government jobs must be reserved for trans people. A fund has been set up to compensate those who were persecuted under Uruguay’s military dictatorship.